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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lewis see as John Gutfreund's "calling card" as he makes his rounds in the trading floor?
(a) Cigar ash.
(b) A slap on the back.
(c) A hand-written note.
(d) Coffee grounds.

2. The trainee who finally asks a question at Massey's training session wonders if Salomon Brothers will open an office in what city?
(a) Prague.
(b) Montreal.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Rome.

3. Jim Massey is considered Gutfreund's _____.
(a) Hatchet man.
(b) Arch enemy.
(c) Confidante.
(d) Prodigal son.

4. The face of Dale Horowitz reminds the author of whom?
(a) Donald Duck.
(b) Bugs Bunny.
(c) Ronald Reagan.
(d) Yogi Bear.

5. What floor at Salomon brothers is said to have low ceilings, no windows, and the charm of an engine room?
(a) The forty-first floor.
(b) The fortieth floor.
(c) The ground floor.
(d) The thirty-seventh floor.

6. What is the nickname of Horowitz?
(a) Papa Horowitz.
(b) The hatchet man.
(c) The Jackknife.
(d) Uncle Dale.

7. Gutfreund's first love is ______.
(a) Posing for photo ops.
(b) Trading.
(c) Managing.
(d) Philosophizing.

8. For a great player of Liar's Poker, ______ is the easy part of the game.
(a) Reading people.
(b) Lying.
(c) Science.
(d) Math.

9. Massey is not looking for curious minds among trainees, he is looking for _____.
(a) Bulls.
(b) Cookie-cutter versions of himself.
(c) Cult followers.
(d) Obsequious coffee-getters.

10. Traders prove their superiority in a Wall Street firm every day by doing what?
(a) Handling risk.
(b) Destroying companies.
(c) Managing trainees.
(d) Taking long lunches.

11. Rich Shuster is a thrift salesman in which Salomon Brothers office before coming to work for Ranieri?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Dallas.
(d) London.

12. Who is chairman of the Federal Reserve in 1979?
(a) Alan Greenspan.
(b) Paul Volcker.
(c) Arthur F. Burns.
(d) Ben Bernanke.

13. What is another name for an analyst in the corporate finance department at Salomon Brothers?
(a) A driver.
(b) A grunt.
(c) An ant.
(d) A slug.

14. Where does the important dinner that the author is invited to take place?
(a) Cornwall.
(b) Tintagel.
(c) Buckingham Palace.
(d) St. James Palace.

15. William Simon becomes the secretary of the U.S. Treasury under which president?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Jimmy Carter.
(c) Lyndon Johnson.
(d) Gerald Ford.

Short Answer Questions

1. For the author, the stigma of getting a job through connections is worse than the stigma of ______.

2. Which department at Salomon Brothers is considered "the sleepy backwater"?

3. As Lewis gets more experience at Salomon Brothers, he realizes that an inexplicable aspect of studying to be an investment banker is that _______ serves no function in an investment bank.

4. By definition, an analyst's job lasts how long?

5. From what school does Leonard Bublick, the trainee who gets hit in the head with a paper wad thrown by the former U.S. Navy fighter pilot, get his M.B.A.?

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